In the coming mid-term election battle between the Party of No Brains and the Party of No Guts, you will hear the latter point to the much-improved US economy as a reason for why they must maintain control over the Senate and retake the House.

But this chart published by Bloomberg in August explains why Democrats will likely lose this round—wage growth is at its slowest since the end of World War II:

The logic is simple: an overwhelming majority of Americans have seen no loot—or much of it lately—and President Obama, who happens to be Democrat-in-Chief but is not running for office this year, has not forged much progress in making anyone besides the wealthiest Americans feel richer.

This means the remaining PNGs members in both houses can be considered targets for removal.